Mordecai Richler meets Jane Austen in The Book of Faith. Faith,�Rhoda, and Erica, affectionately known the Three Graces, are members of a liberal Jewish congregation�in contemporary Montreal. Rabbi Nate wants a grand new synagogue;�Marty, the�congregation's�treasurer, harbours a raunchy secret; and�Melly is a hard-nosed�Holocaust�survivor with an agenda. Award-winning author Elaine Kalman Naves's debut novel is a delicious send-up of synagogue politics. It is also a paean to friendship.